Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Xeranthemum// Species: Xeranthemum annuum L.
Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea by Webb in Tutin et al. (1976).
Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Central and South Europe to Central Asia and Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Dry and open habitats – Dry grasslands, pastures, rocky terrains, clearings of forests.
Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.
Xeranthemum annuum – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – involucre of capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – involucre of capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – fruiting capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – fruiting capitulum. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – lower part of plant – stems with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – stem with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – stem with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – stem with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Xeranthemum annuum – stem with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.07.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Webb, A. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 211-212.
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